Mop-head.



No. 695,063. Patented Mar. II, I902."

J. C. LOOK.

MOP HEAD.

(Application filed July 17, 1901.)

(No Model.)

WITNESSES IN VEN TOR.

M1 QL L l ABS Fatwa tries.

JOHN G. LOOK, OF TUDOR, CALIFORNIA.

MOW-HEAD.

SEEGIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 695,063, dated March11, 1902. Application filed July 17,1901. $erial No. 68,688. (No model.

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, JOHN QLOOK, a citizen of the United States,residingat Tudor,county of Sutter, State of California, have invented a new anduseful Improvement in Mop-Heads,

of which the following is a specification.

The object is to provide a mop-head with simple devices for tighteningthe clamp on the mop-cloth. This is accomplished by using a snap-leverpivoted to a ring or annular yoke that is movable along the handle andengages a ratchet attached to the handle. The arrangement is such thatthe entire handle can be made of wood and of the same diameterthroughout.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective view of'the mop-head in anopen position. Fig. 2 is a side view in the closed position. Fig. 3 is ayoke on the handle, taken on line to w of Fig. 2.

a is the mop-handle; a, the clam p-head; a the clamp device; I), theratchet on the handle 5 c, the lever, and (Z the yoke. The ratchet b isattached to the handle in any of the usual ways. The yoke (Z is appliedby slipping it over the end of the handle and has the diameter enlargedin the direction of the ratchet at CZ" to an extent that allows it topass over the ratchet when it is brought to the right angle of thehandle, as shown in dotted lines 31 3 Fig. 2, and as seen in Fig. 3. Asuitable catch d is provided in the yoke for engaging the ratchet. Thelever c is pivoted in the yoke at C1 and a clamp a is pivoted to the Anykind of a clamp 35 lever at the lugs c c.

and clamp-head may be used, as the yoke maintains the clamp in line withthe handle. Also the lever 0 may be of any desirable shape. A plate 6may be used on the handle under the yoke to prevent the yoke from 0chafing the handle. The yoke d should be of sufficient strength not tocompress the sides when the draft of the lever comes on the pivotbox dThe operation is as follows: The lever c is raised, as in Fig. 1. Themop-cloth is then inserted between the clamp and clamp-head,

after which the yoke is placed in the tooth of the ratchet required bythe size of the mopcloth and the lever put down, as in Fig. 2. The draftof the clamp then comes on the lever below the pivot d and the yoke isheld in place by the pressure in the pivot-box d drawing the catch atinto the ratchet 1).

Having described my invention, what I 5 5' claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is

In a mop-head, a handle provided with. a clamp-head and with a ratchet,an annular yoke surrounding the handle and ratchet and movabletherealong and engaging the ratchet, said yoke having a section ofsufficient diameter to operate over the ratchet, alever pivoted to saidyoke and a clamp device pivoted to the lever.

JOHN C. LOOK.

Witnesses:

H. H. BIRKHOLM, JOHN BAUMGARTNER.

